Despite Republican lawmakers’ attacks that DEI is part of some liberal “woke agenda,” these programs have been time-tested as changing campuses for the better and attracting more diverse student and faculty bodies.
Over the next decade, about 40 percent of middle-class older workers will be pushed into or near poverty when they reach retirement age.
Initiatives like Gender-Inclusive Biology, Project Biodiversity, and Welcoming Schools offer resources to help adapt curriculum to acknowledge and celebrate variation in the living world.
The policies in question require administrators to notify parents about students who change their sexuality or gender expression by requesting a name or pronoun change, or by asking for bathroom, locker room, or sports accommodations.
In the states that have green amendments [like Pennsylvania], climate advocates will certainly rely on the Montana youth case as they challenge state laws that promote climate change.
Henry Giroux explores the conditions that have given rise to Trump’s authoritarian politics and why he is a national disgrace still backed by millions of Americans.
Remembering Aug. 6, 1945, is painful. But the best way to honor history is not to repeat it.
If the way governments are rewriting history in other parts of the world is a guide, DeSantis’ and other states’ legislation could be the prelude to an even greater assault on accurate history and freedom of thought.
“What I’m bringing to the table here is the inside information…the fox is in the henhouse,” said the education consultant with no education degrees who was recently hired by Pennridge School District.
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New Pennsylvania Project CEO Kadida Kenner said the new measure “will undoubtedly help to close the voter registration gap, especially in communities of color where the gap is the most pronounced.”
It plans to visit all 67 counties and help local leaders and organizations solve problems tearing communities apart by promoting and prioritizing peace, understanding, and tolerance.
If we taught peace lessons to youth each year – grades K-12 – would they change how they handle conflict?
Once again the Moms for Liberty school board majority continues to push its politically motivated agenda with its proposed athletics policy.
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